Inside the Hive

What to Talk About at Thanksgiving

Movies, TV, and, of course, a helping of politics.

November 25, 2021

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Inside the Hive cohosts Emily Jane Fox and Joe Hagan hash out the big Thanksgiving dinner table talking points, from the confounding economy to Joe Biden’s political fortunes to what movies and TV shows everybody needs to watch. A survival guide and an offer of gratitude.

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Emily Jane Fox

National Correspondent

Emily Jane Fox is a national correspondent at Vanity Fair and a cohost of the podcast Inside the Hive. She is the best-selling author of Born Trump and a chronicler of characters from Washington to Manhattan to Hollywood (and sometimes other places too—you never know where characters will reveal... Read more

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